INDEX

1. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................ 1

2. RESEARCH GAMES

2.1. MARBLES............................................................................................... 2

2.2 HOPSCOTCH........................................................................................... 5

2.3. LAWN BOWLING................................................................................... 8

2.4. TAG……….............................................................................................. 10

2.5. HORSESHOES....................................................................................... 13

2.6. "LAS TABAS"........................................................................................ 15

2.7. CANARY STICK...................................................................................... 18

3. SURVEY: ANALYSIS OF CURRENT SITUATION.......................................... 20

4. CONCLUSION: PROPOSALS FOR THE FUTURE......................................... 23

5. ANNEX: SURVEY FORM

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1. INTRODUCTION

Our research and proposals work is titled "Building Europe ". It focuses on

studying and searching for different traditional games which are mainly

played in several areas of Spain. Mostly, these games are called different

ways what depends on where it is practiced, but the gameplay is the same

or has a weak variation.

Contributing to keeping overtime of the huge amount of traditional games

in the world, we encourage to protect and deserve active promotion,

otherwise they risk to get forgotten at all or being completely replaced by a

small number of modern and stereotypical sports.

European Association of Traditional Sports and Games (ETSGA) was created

due to protect and preserve them. It consists on some federations, sports

and cultural associations, professional societies and academic institutions.

Its main purposes are focused on the management, promotion and defense

of traditional games and sports.

The working method follows through this work was a highly search for data

sources such as different websites from different countries. Furthermore,

we performed the same survey to 30 persons, with different

characteristics: five different nationalities, aged between 18 and 80 years,

both women and men, various levels of social class and marital status.

After this analysis of survey's results, we decided to be advantage of it and

get some proposal as work conclusion. Thus, our proposals are not

imaginary thoughts nor out of reaching. So they are able to improve our

future...

BUILD EUROPE.

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2. RESEARCH GAMES 2.1. MARBLES

1. Description

Marbles game is one of the oldest traditional games in Europe, also is

called canicas, boliches, bolitas, balitas, bochas, bolindres, metras, bolillas,

pelotitas (tiny balls), chibolas or polcas. Marbles are small glass spheres or

made of clay, metal even ceramic.

This game is usually played on no-rigid grounds, due to avoiding balls

bounce. At the beginning, you have to dig a hole about 8cm diameter and

3cm deep. It can be played by 2 or more players. We need this hole or

"gúa", which must be separated from the wall, one meter as minimum.

Later you draw on the floor a line, aproximately 5 meter from the hole.

Players will stay here, behind this line, where they will drop their marbles

along the pitch, trying to get their marbles into the hole. Before that,

players throw their marbles from the hole to the 5 meters line, trying get

their balls as closer as they can, because of arranging the turn.

In addition, this marble game might be practiced inseveral holes, this is less

popular as the previous one. The game can be made of 6 holes and 6

players, who will try put their small balls into all the holes.

Other playing way consists on kicking opponents' balls as 5 times as you

can. Then you will get opponents' ball.

2. History

The unknown origin of this game probably belongs to Ancient Egypt and

Pre-Christian Rome. In fact, there have been found out several marbles

inside a 3000 aC egiptian child tomb.

Also, in Crete, children played with marbles made of wonderful cloths. In

Ancient Rome, it was a game which its popularity be expanded as far as

Middel ages.

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Other useful materials were olives bones, hazelnutseven chestnuts. At the

beginning of XX century, several of them were made of rocks. On other

hand, people used marbles for arts and crafts.

In America, this tradition came from Europe, that's the feeling. However,

there are some remains which belongs to Pre-Colombus America.

3. Marbles over the world

Marbles games is called many differents ways in Spain even all Europe.

Spain:

- Bolas o bales (Aragón)

- Caniques o boles (Asturias)

- Canicones o bolones (Castilla y León)

- Boles, bales (Cataluña)

- Chinotes, boletes (Comunidad Valenciana)

- Boliña (Galicia)

- Botxes (Girona)

- Kanikie (País Vasco)

- Boliches (Canarias)

- Pitos (Zaragoza)

Other countries:

- Knikker o knikkeren (Belgium)

- Marbles (USA, England & Ireland)

- Petite boule, billes (France)

- Eine kline ball (Germany)

- Trigonaki-mpaz (Greece)

- Kelereng-gundu (Indonesia)

- Biglia o bliglie, pallina o paline (Italy)

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- Knikkeren (Holland)

- Berlindes (Portugal)

- jocul cu bile (Rumanie)

- Bolitas, canicas (Argentine)

- Tijchi, t`iski (Bolivia)

- Bolinhas de gude, birosca, bolita, firo, ximbra, pirosca (Brasil)

- Chócolo, bolitas de uñas (Colombia)

- Canicas (Costa Rica)

- Bola, bolitas (Cuba, Perú)

- Bolitas, bochitas, Kudan (mapudungún) bochitas (Chile)

- Bola (Ecuador, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic)

- Chibolas (El Salvador)

- Canicas, cinco (Guatemala)

- Carlota, canicas, cuimas (Mexico)

4. Data sources

- Wikipedia

- http://www.efdeportes.com/efd145/el-juego-de-las-canicas-o-

bolitas.htm

- http://www.oresteplath.cl/antologia/origyfolc4.htm

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2.2_HOPSCOTCH

1. Description

Hopscotch is one of the most popular games in Europe, which has many

different variations in its rules. It consist on drawing boxes on the sand

even on road with a chalk, also you have to write numbers even letters.

You can play in turns that they were chosen by draw. Before it starts, you

must choose a tiny stone which will be thrown on the squares.

Before playing. There are so many ways of drawing our boxes on the floor

but the most common is the next one: Firstly, you sketch box with number

one inside it, later another with number 2, and 3. In the forth level you

must draw two equal boxes (4 & 5, one next to each other). In fifth level

there will be only a box with 6 and finally, in last level you will find out a

doble box again (7 & 8).

How to play. Game begins dropping the previous stone (called "tejo") on

box number 1, avoiding leaving away from the draw. You must hop across

the rest squares without step drawing lines, whereas you step on one feet,

until you come level 4th where you will be allowed to step on both foot.

Then you can follow through number till last level staying there on two foot

again. Finally you have to spin around and come back box 1 to take the

stone.

Other information. This game is allowed for children from 10 years old.

Also game can be made of 4 or 6 players, however you might be as much as

you want to. Places to enjoy it: street, sport road, sand, green...

2. History

It was discovered out during Renaissance in Europe and its topic consists

on "Divina commedia", written by Dante Alighieri then. This work deals

with a character who go out from Purgatory and he tries to arrive to

Paradise, as difficult as he avoids obstacle to get it.

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That's why we suppose the stone as a "soul" who goes through the square

or "the nine worlds". He departs from the Earth to the Sky (Urane), while

he was looking after not to fall down into the well or Hell (Pluton) during

the walk. The stone, which was dropped, always doesn't have to stay on a

line because there's no limit or barriers between the Earth and the Sky.

This game was widely spreaded in every civilizations throughout history. It

was well-known in Ancient Greek, when it was called "escolias". Also in

Rome was called the game of "odres". Archeology found out a huge

amount of remains such as pavements near to forums, public buildings. So

roman roads became a great tool to broaden "rayuela" horizons along all

the Empire.

3. Hopscotch over the world

The game has no cleared starts but it is a fact that it is played in every

continents over the world. It is enjoyed in different countries such as

England, Russia, India, China, USA... only in certain variations as names,

ways of practicing, rules...

In addition, there are a big number of different names like the ones below:

- Spain: infernáculo, pata coja, calajanso o tejo

- Italy: strangallucce

- England: hop scotch

- Germany: munzenwurfspiel

- India: marop

4. Data sources

- http://es.wikihow.com/jugar-a-la-rayuela

- http://www.conmishijos.com/ninos/ocio/juego-de-la-rayuela-

como-jugar-con-los-ninos/

- http://www.guiainfantil.com/articulos/ocio/juegos/rayuela-

juegos-para-ninos/

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- http://www.nuestros-recuerdos.com/el-juego-rayuela-historia-y-

las-reglas-rayuela/

- http://www.educar.org/inventos/juegostradicionales/rayuela.as

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2.3. LAWN BOWLING

1. Description

Petanque or lawn bowling is a game which doesn't demand any special

abilities or even physic effort to do it. It available for any age from 5-6 to

80-90.

This game is practised by 100% steel balls, one wood ball called "boliche"

and a circle drawing on the ground with diameter 50cm. Is played in teams

in equal parts.

How to play. First at all we raffle turns of ordering. The first player stayed

into the circle and he drops the wood ball throughout the pitch, 6-10

meters, while he was avoiding escaping from the circle.

After that, the same one must throw one steel boule as closer from the

boliche as he can. Then second team starts trying to get even much closer

than his adversary. Also he is allowed to hit opponents' ball. The winner

will be the closest one from the boliche. Unless he got closer than the

previous adversary, the rest of the team would begin to drop their balls till

they got it. If anybody from second team did it, they l would lose the game.

The game continues as long as both teams finishes all their boules.

The scoreboard is written by numbers of closer balls to boliche. In addition

the first one who gets 13 points, win.

Other information. Lawn bowling is one the cheapest games, also you can

compete in it everywhere you want. Besides everybody such as men,

women, elderly men or women, even children, can enjoy it. It is really easy

to practice it regardless of who has good technique, who old they are or

even where they come from. It may be a meeting point of people.

2. History

This game have been practising throughout 20 centuries and nowadays his

popularity stays all over the world.

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It came alive in Provenza (France) in 1907. Although Ancient Rome people

have already played it as a stone version which was brought to Provenza by

roman sailors and soldiers.

The name belongs to phrase: "piedstanquees" what means feet together. It

said that there was a lawn bowling player who had lost his legs in an

accident and his brother, who was also a player, suggested him to play

while they were staying on a circle. Other remains talks about a man who

suffers hurt joints which didn't allow him to move.

Anyhow, it doesn't matter about the real existence of the inventor, what

real important is the idea. The method was a success and it got expanded

throughout as fast as you can imagine. So, in 1910, Ernest Pitiot organised

the first official contest.

In addition, the boules were developed highly fast, till we changed stone,

wood, copper, iron balls for steel boules.

There is an interesting story about this game. It causes 40 dead people and

200 hurt people too, because of a blast. It took place near a military

gunpowder storehouse many years ago. The hit of the pieces on the

ground got sparks which did massacre.

3. Lawn Bowling over the world

Nowadays, Belgium is the official world winner of lawn bowling such a

masculine rank as female. In Spain it is very popular, from Mediterranean

Sea to Canary Islands, across all over the country. Lately, it is becoming

much popular in USA even Australia.

Lawn bowling has a huge number of names such as:

- Spain: Petanca

- France: Pétanque o boule bretonne

- United Kingdom, Ireland and USA: Bowls, lawn bowling or boule

- Germany: Weible Spiele

- Italy: Bocce

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- Belgium: Belgian bowl

Internationally, there are about 600,000 players sanctioned with

the Fédération Internationale de Pétanque et Jeu Provençal. In France

there are more than 300,000 licensed members. Also there are strong

national federations in Germany and Spain.

Petanque is actively played in many nations with histories of French

colonial influence during the last centuries, especially in Southeast Asia,

including Laos, north Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Puducherry, India,

as well as some parts of Africa, e.g. Madagascar.

There is also a Canadian petanque federationbased in Québec. In

the United States the Federation of Petanque USA has approximately 1,800

members in 40 clubs, and estimates about 30,000 play nationwide.

4. Data sources

- http://store.obut.es/servicio-y-asesoramiento/reglas-del-juego-de-

petanca.html

- https://webookandplay.com/blog/deportes/historia-origen-y-

reglamento-de-la-petanca

- http://www.cnhelios.com/default.aspx?info=0001D9

- http://www.fuentesdeebro.es/wp-

content/uploads/2010/03/historia.pdf

- https://petancatecnicaytactica.wordpress.com/category/historia-de-

la-petanca/

- http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petanca

- http://www.clubpetancalogrono.es/168821751

- http://deportes.elpais.com/deportes/2009/01/19/actualidad/1232353

316_850215.html

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2.4. TAG

1. Description

Tag is one of the most favorite leisure activities for children. You don't

need any special equipment or stuff even technique to take part in it. Tag is

simple game and it has only a couple of rules. It can be played everywhere

even outdoor space.

Kids are able to play tag since the moment when they were allowed to run

and run. Therefore, it is an ideal game for children to develop their abilities

and motor ability. Playing to pursue demands willpower and much

strength. It makes our legs to get stronger. In addition, child cognition

develops whereas they were thinking about how to escape from each

other or catch them.

Tag game doesn't have player limit, only minimum two players, they can

play as much as they want. One player is who catch the other ones and he

must touch while they were running away. The game finishes when the last

children was caught. And he would be the winner.

There are a lot different sort of this game, mainly the differences consists

on who are tagged. In one way, they must stay still until they were free due

to being touched by his colleagues. In other way, they have to run near to

who tag other ones. Finally, he must be eliminated and he have to go away

the pitch.

There is a special tag kind. So you can avoid being tagged because of

staying still with opened arms and saying "tulip" or if you arrive "home", a

space where nobody can be caught by the persecutor.

2. History

The word "tag" comes from italian word "pigliare", what means catch.

However, tag is a universal game, it doesn't have barriers even frontiers. It

is one the first games which is learned by children.

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We don't surely know about its origin. Although it is passed from one

generation to another.

3. Tag over the world

- Mancha (Argentina)

- Popa / Popa mancha (Santa Fe, Argentina)

- Chicote / Cinturón Escondido / Escondidas / Pesca-pesca / Sol y

hielo (Bolivia)

- Corre que te pillo / Pinta (Chile)

- Chola (Sur de Chile)

- Corre que culeo (Norte de Chile)

- Chucha puente / Chucha cogida / Chucha congelada /La lleva

(Colombia)

- Quedó (Costa Rica)

- Las cogidas (Ecuador)

- Mica (El Salvador)

- Hielito (Spain)

- Pica (León, Spain)

- Pita (Galicia, Spain)

- Liebre (Madrid, Spain)

- Tenta (Guatemala)

- Las traes / La roña/ Pesca-pesca (México)

- Landa (Honduras)

- Atrapadas o "Pesca-pesca" (Perú)

- El topao (República Dominicana)

- Quiquirillá / Poliladrón (Uruguay)

- La ere / Tocado (Venezuela)

- la queda (Panamá)

- Tag o it (England)

In addition, this game has some special latin names such as:

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Chapadas, Encantados, Chucha cogida, Chucha poste, Chucha escondidijo,

Chucha televisor, Estop, El gato y los ratones, El lobo y los corderos, La

queda, La pido, Los marineros y los tiburones, Loco tocando, Pato y ganso,

Peste, Pilla pilla, Pilladita, Pillar (‘atrapar’), Pinta, Pollitos y gavilanes,

Rescate, Roña, Te toqué, ¡corre!, Tiña, Tú eres la erre, Tú la llevas, Tula,

Tuli, Tulipán.

4. Data sources

- http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juego_de_persecuci%C3%B3n

- http://juegosparalainfancia.jimdo.com/juegos-tradicionales/

- http://www.guiainfantil.com/articulos/ocio/juegos/el-pilla-pilla-

o-tula-juego-de-persecucion-para-ninos/

- http://www.juegospopulares.org/index.php?option=com_k2&vi

ew=item&id=101:pilla-pilla&Itemid=3&lang=es

- http://malagapedia.wikanda.es/wiki/Pilla_pilla_%28Oj%C3%A9n

%29

- http://www.elhuevodechocolate.com/juegos/juego12.htm

- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tag_%28game%29

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2.5. HORSESHOE

1. Description

Horseshoe is a traditional game. It may be a difficult game. Although its

rules are much simple. Horseshoe equipment and stuff are pleasantly easy

to make, so you can enjoy it wherever you want at anytime. You only need

some current materials and get an outdoor space to begin this game.

Horseshoe is played in a flat field, without any obstacles, in a space as 15

meters long to 3 meters width. Horseshoes weigh between 350 and 550

grams and between 6-9 cm long.

Also, before starting it, you must thrust a stick or metal bar (75 cm long

and 2'5-3'5 cm depth).

Game can be individual or team sort. The winner would be who get more

horseshoes into the bar. A player can drop the piece throughout the pitch

till 10 times.

After that players stay in line, they will follow their turns to drop the

horseshoes trying to get as closer as possible to win.

The throw must be with only one hand, not stepping the line even

overtaking it.

The game starts when one player of each team throw it and who gets

closer, his team will starts to drop their horseshoes. The point will be gain

so:

-1 point. It hits the bar without previous touching of the ground.

-5 points. Horseshoe get into the bar.

-Those horseshoes which stay closer the bar can be moved even move

away by adversaries.

-When all throws finish, horseshoes on the floor will gain 2 or 1 point if

they are as closer as 25 cm or 50 cm.

2. History

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Dealing with some theories, this game was originated because of discus

throw. Nowadays this game is so much widespread all over the world.

It was even more practiced certain years ago when cavalry and forge were

current in those days.

Rodrigo Caro said that the origin of horseshoe were in Ancient Greek and

Rome in Olympic Games. Other historians talks about merchant people

who got expand its method throughout the world whereas their market

journeys.

For example, In Spain, it was born in Castilla y León.

Nowadays, it often gets forgotten and actually we don't usually play it,

except in some tiny towns in Aragón (Spain) because of their regional

parties.

3. Horseshoe over the world

Horseshoe is similar to discus throw, because it is a throw game. However,

discus throw is a federated game, on the other hand, horseshoe not.

4. Data source

- HTTP://www.efdeportes.com/efd84/juegos.htm

- http://www.museodelnino.es/caton/caton19_p108-109.pdf

- http://www.acanomas.com/Enciclopedia/444/La-Herradura.htm

- http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herradura_(juego)

- http://www.jugaje.com/es/

- http://bordon.webcindario.com/juegos_tradicionales.html

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2.6. LAS TABAS

1. Description

"Tabas" (ankle bone, astragalus) or similar jacks, is a tiny bone from sheep

legs.

Also is a popular and traditional game which can be played by 2-3 people,

who use 4-8 jacks. The game consists on a ability and only a bit game of

chance. Ankle bone has 4 faces, two are wider, one of this convex ("culo",

ass) and the other one is concave ("carne", meat).

The game starts holding jacks with your hand, then they are thrown up to

the sky for you can catch as many jacks as possible. After that you put

these jacks on your left hand except to one. Finally, you throw up this one

with your right hand at the same time while you are picking up those which

fell down on the floor previously, as many times as you need to get all

jacks.

So, you start the second part of the game. It consist on drop up a jack to

the sky while you are picking up other one which stays on the flat floor.

Later, you continue throwing up the jack, while you spin jacks on the floor

face to convex surface. If you fail these methods, adversary will start his

turn and you will have to start again from the beginning. Also you will lose

if jack falls down on the ground. After convex surface, the method continue

with concave.

Now, the following step is the well. The well consists on trying get one jack

into the space between index and thumb finger (left hand). Before that, the

jack is throwing from right hand. So, it has to do all the previous before,

while he add this step.

The step below is called "pase". It's similar to "well".

Also you can try playing with two same time jacks even three.

Every time that a player get failed, he will lose his turn and when he starts

again, he will do from the beginnig. So the main purpose of the game is to

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finish all levels. Who passes all firstly, he will win!. So it is necessary to get

less tries as possible.

2. History

During Ancient Greek, it was already played such as game of chance. The

name of the bone, astragalus, is due to the name of the sculpture made by

Policleto in the Vth century.

We found out from this period, some sculptures, drawings on marble, and

objetcs such as amphoras with drawings of jacks' players.

Also jacks were used for fortune-telling.

In Rome, jacks were played too. Popularity was leaking due to Christianity

grown. Therefore, children played it still as ability game and elderly men do

the same for games of chances such as a dice to bet.

3. "Tabas" over the world

This experience is still nowadays. They are popular in several countries

such as Mongoly or Argentine. Other countries like Spain or France has

highly leaked this game or it is near to been totally lost.

In some mountain towns in Europe it is still a game of chance or an ability

game for children. Spanish conquerors introduce it in South America,

where it became famous early.

A few decades ago it was returned in Castilla y León (Spain), in regions such

as Zamora, Soria or Salamanca.

4. Data sources

- http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juego_de_las_tabas

- http://www.pequeocio.com/juegos-tradicionales-tabas/

- https://misjuegostradicionales.wordpress.com/juegos-

tradicionales-aragoneses/las-tabas/

- http://www.juegostradicionalesaragoneses.com/juegos/default.

htm

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- http://www.mcu.es/promoArte/MC/animalario/resultadoMateri

ales_idPieza66_idMaterial5.html

- http://www.juegostradicionalesaragoneses.com/juegos/tabas.ht

m

- http://www.taringa.net/posts/info/1912404/La-Taba---Un-

juego-criollo.html

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2.7. CANARY STICK

1. Description

Canary stick is an ancient popular art from Canary Islands. It consist on a

fight with bars which came from 400 years. Guanches, people natived from

Canary Islands before they were conquered by Spanish, took this tradition

from war battles.

It is played by two player who practicing a fight without touching their

body each other where they hold their sticks with both hands. There are

big differences between kind of canary stick, which mainly lies in the bar

size. So, these are: small, medium bars and big stick or "garrote".

The most common bar is made of wood, which comes from the different

trees of these islands, such as: Vara, Garrote, Macana and Bastón, they are

some of these sticks. The pitch must be a cleaned area, flat surface and

without any obstacles.

The main purpose is to attack or hit a vital part of the body without

touching it, in the right way. It is something much technical than force. So

you have to hold your stick, as closer as you can, near your opponent.

On the other hand, the adversary must try to dodging the hit by defense

movements and avoiding techniques. He will want to stop the rival bar and

will take advantage of the previous movement to make a counteroffensive.

Mostly of times, referees arranges 3 points to win. In fact, one hit is 1

point.

2. History

First news about this experiences came from aboriginals in Bethencourian

Chronicles (in 1402). Here is written about "bimbaches" who lived in El

Hierro island, problably they invented it.

Later we found stories about these island on Leonardo Torriani writtings

where he drawed two canarian fighting in a plaza with medium-size bars

during a kind of ritual event, it was in 1590.

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When two canarian were involved in a fight, they arrive to the pitch where

there were two flat stones in opposite ends where they showed their bars,

"magodo" or "amodeghe". Then they came down on the groundfloor and

they fighted.

The stick usually belonged to themselves, because it was useful for

shepherding or just wandering along pathsides too.

3. Canary stick over the world

The canary stick is a king of fencing sport, which is very pleasing and

surprising because of non explicit technique.

Nowadays, this tradition has remained there. Also their three varieties:

Big canary stick: the stick is always bigger than people who hold it. It is

called La Lata in Fuerteventura, Garrote in Gran Canaria. Also the

techniques varies from an island to another, such as D. Simeón y D.

Domingo Alberto in La Palma, D. Epifanio, D. Calderín...

Medium-size stick: also it is called vara and palo. The length is from tip

of chin till waistline, and his depth depends on who hold it. In Lanzarote is

called "palo conejero" (rabbit bar), for example. Also it has other names

such as big canary stick.

In Canary Islands there are not many remains about its existence. However

in Cuba, there is this tradition yet, because inmigrant brought it there. Also

in Venezuela we found out the venezuelan bar.

4. Data sources

- http://www.palocanario.com/

- http://www.juegodelpalocanario.org/page/acercamiento

- http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palo_canario

- http://www.deportes.ull.es/view/servicios/deportes/Juego_del_pal

o/es

- http://juegostradicionaless.com/JuegoPalo.html

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3. SURVEY: ANALYSIS OF CURRENT SITUACION

Due to traditional games and sports research, we decided to analysis and

get information about current situation. The main purpose is to get deep

knowledge about society's thoughts and feelings in this topic.

Thus, we made a list with a serial of questions which will be for how much

or not people know about these games and sports. Also we will know

which exact game are famous or not, their characteristics, and how

important they are for society.

In addition, we announce a final question on the survey, to know about

what people would propose to keep overtime these traditions, we will

switch on the imagination of every survey respondent. We will use their

answers to get a final list where are written our proposal, thus traditional

games will can pass from one generation to other.

The survey (annex !) was done by 30 people, they are from 5 different

countries who we met in our last Erasmus academic year. They are also

from different ages, between 18 and 80 years old.

The results are shown on the following tableboard.

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AnswersPeople claiming

this option

Yes 26

No 4

Family 20

School 12

Friends 26

Internet, Mass media 15

Other 2

Lawn Bowling 21

Tag 19

Hide and seek 22

Simon says 15

Musical chairs 10

Canary Stick 5

Hopscotch 20

In group 19

Individual 7

Physical 22

Intellectual 4

Yes 16

No10

Daily tools 20

Specific tools 6

Specific pitch 11

Anywhere 15

Yes 23

No 3

Yes 24

No 2

Yes 8

No 22

Yes 21

No 5

Because traditions, such as

these games, make you feel

from somewhere 28

Because they are funny,

cheap, you can enjoy it

everywhere at anytime 24

Because I consider healthy 8

Because I want to keep my

family traditions 22

Other 4

Because of not practicing it

nowadays 5

Because of not being teached

at schools 2

Because traditions are not

important in globalization and

modernization 5

Other 0

Promoting it at schools 26

Promoting them through social

networks 18

To organize regional and

international competitions 15

Families are more involving

when transmitting traditions5

15. How do you think can be maintained over time traditional games and sports in

each country?

1. Do you know games or traditional sports in your area or country?

2.  How do you know these games?

3. What games do you know? List them:

4. Are games in group or individual?

5. Are they physical or mental games?

6. Those games are targeted to be practiced a person of any age?

11. In your daily life play sports and traditional games of your region or country?

12. Do you think that traditional games and sports are important nowadays?

13. If you think they are important, why?

14. If you consider that are not important, why?

7. To carry out the practice of these games, Are you need daily or special tools?

8. These games are practice in a specific pitch or anywhere?

9. Can you practice them outdoors?

10. During your childhood, did you play these games?

Survey of traditional games and sports

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We conclude, after we have analysed all surveys, that most of survey

respondents, what means society, know about their regional, country

traditional games. Furthermore, several of them talks about the same

ones.

Each country has a different name but people have the same game in mind

which were known due to familiar stories or friends' anecdotes.

Favourites games are lawn bowling, hide-and-seek, hopscotch and tag.

Mostly are played in group and physical. In addition, it's unnecessary any

special equipment or stuff, so you can enjoy them anywhere at any time.

It's a further point that many people don't practice it nowadays. These

games are important for respondents and they think we should keep

overtime them because they are funny, cheap and they can be developed

anywhere, also because traditions get an identity about each country and

make people feel from somewhere they were born or they live.

Finally we would show our final proposal to you. They were made due to

our survey respondents' help, who imagine several creative ideas to keep

traditional game in future Europe.

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4. CONCLUSION: PROPOSALS FOR THE FUTURE

Establishing in educational schemes.

Throughout the survey, we announce that schools even high schools don't

have any study nor dissemination of traditional game practice. Thus, their

values get lost and young people don't know anything about them.

We pleasantly know that games method pass from one generation to next

weakly, through familiar stories such as anecdotes or grandpas' stories...

Then game gets forgotten and they become myths, they lose the values

which were teach to our ancestors.

Specifically, we think these games should be explained and learned at

school. They must be taken seriously as part of a subject of course into

gymnastics subject or citizenship studies while young were being at school,

high school even college about education or social help.

Traditional game day in Europe.

It would be highly recommended to make a special day for traditional

games in all Europe, when regional associations would manage the event

where elderly people teach how to practice every game and their rules to

the youngest ones.

Throughout the quiz, we summed up that older people, who often belong

to nursing homes and social similar institutes, have much time and most of

them would be proud of teaching their knowledge and helping society.

Because, don't you think that society don't think highly of what elderly

people could provide them with their experience?

So, in this way, these would become teacher for some hours and it

wouldn't be necessary to spend money. Only public institutions should

have a perfect plan.

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Dissemination campaign in support of practicing traditional games, by

health organizations.

In fact, nowadays, leisure activities for young people such as videogames or

social networks don't assist their health not even good condition. Also they

are detrimental for social empathy and dynamism. Traditional games, as

several survey respondents agreed with, are often physical sort and most

of them take place in the street. This way, we will fight against current

problems such as obesity, sedentary lifestyle, loneliness, self-interest,

discrimination...

Local, national, even international tournaments, manage by

Ga.M.E.S.Net.

As we can know due to our data collection and research, traditional game

are plural kind and social nature, that's why the gets physic and real

contact between their gamers. The creation of these competitions would

encourage society to dynamism and cultural exchange, what would go

beyond dissemination and strengthening. E.g. "Petanca" can be played by

multi culture-age people, which would bring us to a new opened-mind,

respectful, understandable and multicultural Europe.

Competitions into social networks: discovering traditional games.

Competitions into current social networks such as facebook, instagram...

are the best method of dissemination. Being awarded with a trophy will

encourage young people to take part in these games from their region or

country. Also it might become global famous (trendy topic).

Our purpose in social networks consists on making a endless list where

there would be these games, chosen by Ga.M.E.S.Net. Every week the

association would announce a game which would be ask for filming a video

while it was been doing by young people. An example, in week 2 social

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network would say to do the video about lawn bowling", next week

(number 3) the winner would be awarded and it would be explained the

following task.

5. ANNEX: SURVEY

Survey of traditional games and sports

We would like to know the opinion that society has about traditional

games and sports in each country. Therefore, we have announced a

series of questions easy to answer, to keep abreast of knowledge,

thoughts and proposals of every person on this topic.

1. Do you know games or traditional sports in your area or country?

Yes

No

2. How do you know these games?

Family

School

Friends

Internet, Mass media

Other

3. What games do you know? List them:

-

-

-

-

4. Are games in group or individual?

In group

Individual

5. Are they physical or mental games?

Physical

Intellectual

Survey of traditional games and sports

6. Those games are targeted to be practiced a person of any age?

Yes

No

7. To carry out the practice of these games, Are you need daily or

special tools?

Daily tools

Specific tools

8. These games are practice in a specific pitch or anywhere?

Specific pitch

Anywhere

9. Can you practice them outdoors?

Yes

No

10. During your childhood, did you play these games?

Yes

No

11. In your daily life play sports and traditional games of your region

or country?

Yes

No

12. Do you think that traditional games and sports are important

nowadays?

Yes

No

Survey of traditional games and sports

13. If you think they are important, why?

Because traditions, such as these games, make you feel from

somewhere

Because they are funny, cheap, you can enjoy it everywhere at anytime

Because I consider healthy

Because I want to keep my family traditions

Other

14. If you consider that are not important, why?

Because of not practicing it nowadays

Because of not being teached at schools

Because traditions are not important in globalization and

modernization

Other

15. How do you think can be maintained over time traditional games

and sports in each country?